Average height in Jamaica
Men in Jamaica average 174.5 cm (5 ft 9 in), women 163.1 cm (5 ft 4 in). That puts Jamaica 49th of 186 countries in our data.
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What counts as tall in Jamaica
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Jamaica is taller than 91% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Jamaica is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 166.5 and 182.5 cm, and roughly 95% between 158.5 and 190.5 cm. A man of 183 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 191 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Jamaica are on average 11.4 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 3.5 cm taller and women 4.1 cm taller. These are means for people born in 1996, measured at 18. Older generations in most countries are shorter, by several centimetres where heights rose fast.
Questions
- Is 180 cm tall in Jamaica?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 75% of men in Jamaica. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Jamaica.
- What is the average height of women in Jamaica?
- Women in Jamaica average 163.1 cm (5 ft 4 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 155.6 and 170.6 cm. That ranks 43rd of 186 countries for women.
- How does Jamaica compare to Argentina?
- Men in Argentina average 174.6 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Jamaica. Women average 159.2 cm against 163.1 cm. Argentina ranks 48th, Jamaica 49th.
- How does Jamaica compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Jamaica are 3.5 cm taller than that, women 4.1 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Jamaica is one of them, so the SD and the percentiles above use the global spread rather than one measured here.
Source: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, eLife 2016, mean height at 18 of adults born in 1996. Percentiles on this page are our estimate from a normal distribution with the stated mean and SD.
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